diff --git a/lang/en/forum.php b/lang/en/forum.php
index 2cf2ce2e04d..abdcf0cb0b1 100644
--- a/lang/en/forum.php
+++ b/lang/en/forum.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ $string[namesocial] = "Social forum";
 $string[nameteacher] = "Teacher forum";
 $string[nodiscussions] = "There are no discussion topics yet in this forum";
 $string[noposts] = "No posts";
+$string[nosubscribers] = "There are no subscribers yet for this forum";
 $string[numposts] = "\$a posts";
 $string[olderdiscussions] = "Older discussions";
 $string[parentofthispost] = "Parent of this post";
diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 2b757563c77..f144b29c912 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ $string[nosuchemail] = "No such email address";
 $string[noteachersyet] = "No teachers in this course yet";
 $string[notenrolled] = "\$a is not enrolled in this course.";
 $string[nothingnew] = "Nothing new since your last login";
+$string[nousersyet] = "There are no users yet";
 $string[now] = "now";
 $string[numberweeks] = "Number of weeks/topics";
 $string[numdays] = "\$a days";
diff --git a/mod/forum/subscribers.php b/mod/forum/subscribers.php
index 3617a2018ce..9281f6051d7 100644
--- a/mod/forum/subscribers.php
+++ b/mod/forum/subscribers.php
@@ -38,11 +38,17 @@
 
     print_header("$course->shortname: $strsubscribers", "$course->fullname", "$navigation");
 
-    if (! $users = get_course_users($course->id)) {
-        print_heading("No users yet");
+    if ($course->category) {
+        $users = get_course_users($course->id);
+    } else {
+        $users = get_records_sql("SELECT * from user");
+    }
+
+    if (! $users) {
+        print_heading(get_string("nousersyet"));
 
     } else {
-        print_heading("Subscribers to '$forum->name'");
+        print_heading(get_string("subscribersto","forum", "'$forum->name'"));
         echo "<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER>";
         $count = 0;
         foreach ($users as $user) {
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@
             }
         }
         if (!$count) {
-            echo "<TR><TD>No subscribers yet</TD></TR>";
+            echo "<TR><TD>".get_string("nosubscribers", "forum")."</TD></TR>";
         }
         echo "</TABLE>";
     }